es Justice Department Files Lawsuit Against MasTec Advanced Technologies to Enforce the Employment Rights of Army Reserve Member By www.justice.gov Published On :: Mon, 30 Nov 2009 17:41:24 EST The department filed a lawsuit in federal court in West Virginia alleging that MasTec Advanced Technologies willfully violated the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994 by discriminating against a U.S. Army Reserve member on the basis of his military service and by failing to offer Burress an appropriate reemployment position when he returned from military service. Full Article OPA Press Releases
es North Carolina Poultry Processing Plant and Manager Indicted for Violations of Clean Water Act By www.justice.gov Published On :: Mon, 30 Nov 2009 17:48:10 EST A federal grand jury in Greensboro, N.C., returned an indictment today charging a poultry processor and a plant manager with multiple violations of the Clean Water Act for illegally discharging wastewater from its Raeford, N.C., based facility Full Article OPA Press Releases
es United States Transfers a Guantanamo Bay Detainee to France By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 1 Dec 2009 09:30:19 EST Late last night, Sabir Lahmar, a native of Algeria, was transferred to the government of France. Full Article OPA Press Releases
es United States Transfers a Guantanamo Bay Detainee to Hungary By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 1 Dec 2009 09:33:04 EST Late last night, a detainee originally from the West Bank was transferred to the government of Hungary. Full Article OPA Press Releases
es Virginia Investment Firm Officer Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy with Attorney and KPMG Tax Partner in Tax Shelter Case By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 1 Dec 2009 14:53:40 EST Michael Parker of Baltimore, who was the chief operating officer of TransCapital Corporation, a tax-advantaged investments company based in Northen Virginia, pleaded guilty today to one count of conspiracy to defraud the United States. Full Article OPA Press Releases
es Justice Department Settles Lawsuit Against Newark, New Jersey, Public Schools to Enforce the Employment Rights of U.S. Naval Reservist By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 1 Dec 2009 17:57:15 EST The department announced today that it has entered into a consent decree with the Newark Public Schools (NPS) that will resolve its lawsuit on behalf of George Lawton, a naval reservist, against NPS alleging it violated the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994 (USERRA). Full Article OPA Press Releases
es Los Angeles’ Kerlan Jobe Orthopaedic Clinic Pays $3 Million to Settle Kickback Allegations By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 1 Dec 2009 19:41:52 EST The Kerlan Jobe Orthopaedic Clinic, a sports medicine clinic in Los Angeles, has agreed to pay the United States $3 million to settle allegations that it received illegal kickbacks from HealthSouth Corporation. Full Article OPA Press Releases
es Justice Department Asks Court to Authorize Service of a John Doe Summons Seeking the Identities of U.S. Clients of R. Allen Stanford’s Investment Companies By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 2 Dec 2009 13:10:50 EST The department has filed papers seeking a federal court order authorizing the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to serve a “John Doe summons” on Ralph Janvey, the court-appointed receiver of the Stanford Group Company (SGC) and related entities. Full Article OPA Press Releases
es Army Officer, Wife and Relatives Sentenced in Bribery and Money Laundering Scheme Related to DOD Contracts in Support of Iraq War By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 2 Dec 2009 18:39:19 EST John L. Cockerham, 43, a major in the U.S. Army, was sentenced to 210 months in prison. Full Article OPA Press Releases
es Two Foreign Nationals Sentenced for Roles in International Money Laundering Scheme Involving Online Sales By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 3 Dec 2009 10:17:01 EST Two Bulgarian nationals have been sentenced in U.S. District Court in the District of Columbia for their roles as money launderers for a transnational criminal group based in Eastern Europe, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Criminal Division. Full Article OPA Press Releases
es Justice Department Releases Video Explaining Federal Protections Against Immigration-Related Discrimination in the Workplace By www.justice.gov Published On :: Mon, 7 Dec 2009 15:54:08 EST The Department released a new video aimed at educating employers about worker rights and employer responsibilities under the anti-discrimination provision of the Immigration and Nationality Act. Full Article OPA Press Releases
es Three South Carolina Men Plead Guilty to Federal Civil Rights and Carjacking Charges By www.justice.gov Published On :: Mon, 7 Dec 2009 15:57:39 EST Thomas Howard Blue Sr., Thomas Howard Blue Jr. and Judson Hartley Talbert pleaded guilty today in federal court in Florence, S.C., to charges relating to the assault of an African-American man and two white men in December 2007. Full Article OPA Press Releases
es Two Florida Executives, One Florida Intermediary and Two Former Haitian Government Officials Indicted for Their Alleged Participation in Foreign Bribery Scheme By www.justice.gov Published On :: Mon, 7 Dec 2009 16:15:38 EST Two Florida executives of a Miami-Dade County-based telecommunications company, the president of Florida-based Telecom Consulting Services Corp., and two former Haitian government officials were charged in an indictment unsealed today for their alleged roles in a foreign bribery, wire fraud and money laundering scheme. Full Article OPA Press Releases
es U.S. Settles with Itochu Corp. and Itochu International Regarding Defective Bullet-Proof Vests By www.justice.gov Published On :: Mon, 7 Dec 2009 17:16:51 EST The United States has reached a $6.75 million settlement with Itochu Corp. of Japan and its American subsidiary, Itochu International Inc., to resolve claims under the False Claims Act in connection with the companies’ importation and sale of defective Zylon fiber used as the key ballistic material in bullet-proof vests purchased by the United States for federal, state, local and tribal law enforcement agencies. Full Article OPA Press Releases
es District of Columbia Seafood Company, Two Employees Charged with Purchasing Illegally Harvested Striped Bass By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 8 Dec 2009 15:02:52 EST A Washington, D.C., fish wholesaler and two of its employees have been charged in U.S. District Court in Maryland for the purchase of illegally harvested striped bass, commonly referred to as rockfish, from the Potomac River from 1995 through 2007. Full Article OPA Press Releases
es Justice Department Signs Agreement with City of Atlanta to Ensure Civic Access for Persons with Disabilities By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 8 Dec 2009 15:00:28 EST “Civic access is a basic and critical civil right, and it ensures individuals with disabilities can play productive, fulfilling roles in their communities,” said Thomas E. Perez, Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights. Full Article OPA Press Releases
es Four Arkansas Men Sentenced on Civil Rights Charges in Cross Burning Conspiracy By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 8 Dec 2009 14:56:13 EST Jacob Wingo, Clayton Morrison, Darren McKim and Richard Robins were sentenced today and yesterday in federal court in Hot Springs, Ark., on federal civil rights and obstruction of justice charges related to a conspiracy to drive a woman and her children from their home in Donaldson, Ark., because the victims associated with African-Americans. Full Article OPA Press Releases
es Syracuse Mortgage Underwriter to Pay United States Nearly $679,000 to Resolve Mortgage Fraud Allegations By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 8 Dec 2009 17:26:32 EST Robert Corp, a mortgage underwriter in Syracuse, N.Y., has agreed to pay the United States close to $679,000 to settle allegations that he defrauded the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). Full Article OPA Press Releases
es Department Issues FOIA Annual Report in More Accessible Format as Part of the President’s Initiative on Transparency and Open Government By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 9 Dec 2009 11:01:42 EST As a result of the new format, members of the public, including public interest organizations, scholars, and the media, will be able to more easily track FOIA performance. Full Article OPA Press Releases
es State Department Employee Sentenced for Illegally Accessing Confidential Passport Files By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 9 Dec 2009 12:59:34 EST Kevin M. Young, 42, was sentenced today to 12 months of probation for illegally accessing more than 125 confidential passport application files. Young was also ordered by U.S. Magistrate Judge Alan Kay in the District of Columbia to perform 100 hours of community service. Full Article OPA Press Releases
es Polembros Shipping Ltd. Sentenced for Crimes Related to Pollution from Cargo Ship Traveling to New Orleans By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 9 Dec 2009 17:53:47 EST Polembros Shipping LTD., a ship management company headquartered in Greece, was sentenced today in federal court in New Orleans to pay a $2.7 million criminal fine for violating anti-pollution laws, ship safety laws, and making false statements during a U.S. Coast Guard investigation of the M/V Theotokos, the Justice Department announced. Full Article OPA Press Releases
es Taiwan LCD Producer Agrees to Plead Guilty and Pay $220 Million Fine for Participating in LCD Price-Fixing Conspiracy By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 9 Dec 2009 16:20:54 EST Companies directly affected by the LCD price-fixing conspiracy are some of the largest computer and television manufacturers in the world, including Apple, Dell and HP. Full Article OPA Press Releases
es United States Transfers One Guantanamo Bay Detainee to Kuwait By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 9 Dec 2009 16:36:55 EST Fouad Mahmoud al-Rabiah, a Kuwaiti national, has been transferred from the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay to the control of the government of Kuwait. Full Article OPA Press Releases
es Justice Department Settles Lawsuit Alleging Retaliation by City of Fort Pierce, Florida By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 9 Dec 2009 17:57:31 EST “Our nation’s civil rights laws ensure that every individual can go to work each day without fear of discrimination based on the color of their skin,” said Assistant Attorney General Thomas Perez. Full Article OPA Press Releases
es Largest Environmental Bankruptcy in U.S. History Will Result in Payment of $1.79 Billion Towards Environmental Cleanup & Restoration By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 10 Dec 2009 15:36:10 EST As a result of the largest environmental bankruptcy in U.S. history, $1.79 billion has been paid to fund environmental cleanup and restoration under a bankruptcy reorganization of American Smelting and Refining Company LLC (ASARCO). Full Article OPA Press Releases
es Ft. Worth, Texas, Couple Charged with Holding Nigerian Woman in Domestic Servitude By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 10 Dec 2009 13:20:13 EST A federal grand jury has indicted a Ft. Worth, Texas, husband and wife, Emmanuel and Ngozi Nnaji, on charges of engaging in a nine-year scheme to compel the labor of a Nigerian victim as their domestic servant. Full Article OPA Press Releases
es Woonsocket, Rhode Island, Police Officer Indicted on Federal Civil Rights Charges By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 10 Dec 2009 13:16:39 EST A federal grand jury in Providence, R.I., has indicted an officer with the Woonsocket Police Department, charging him with violating the civil rights of a 16 year-old juvenile by physically assaulting him, as well as obstruction of justice. Full Article OPA Press Releases
es Statement of Associate Attorney General Thomas J. Perrelli Before the U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee of Crime, Terrorism and Homeland Security Entitled "H.r. 1924, the Tribal Law and Order Act of 2009" By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 25 Feb 2010 09:55:59 EST "The challenges facing law enforcement in tribal communities are enormous. The basic level of police protection that most Americans take for granted simply does not exist in many parts of Indian Country. We have a duty to change that." Full Article Testimony
es Physical Therapist, Money Launderer and Patient Recruiter Plead Guilty in Connection with Multiple Detroit Health Care Fraud Schemes By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 11 Dec 2009 10:10:53 EST Detroit-area residents Baskaran Thangarasan, Sandeep Aggarwal and Wayne Smith pleaded guilty this week for their roles in connection with several Detroit-area health care fraud schemes. Full Article OPA Press Releases
es Former Navy Master Chief Petty Officer Sentenced to Four Years in Prison for Participating in Scheme to Steal Large Quantities of Fuel from U.S. Army in Iraq By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 11 Dec 2009 14:52:47 EST Robert Jeffery, 55, a former master chief petty officer in the U.S. Navy, was sentenced today to four years in prison for his participation in a scheme to steal approximately 10 million gallons of fuel from the U.S. Army in Iraq, announced Assistant Attorney General of the Criminal Division Lanny A. Breuer and U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia Neil H. MacBride. Full Article OPA Press Releases
es Ninth Person Pleads Guilty to Illegally Accessing Confidential Passport Files By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 11 Dec 2009 14:59:38 EST A ninth individual pleaded guilty today to illegally accessing numerous confidential passport application files, Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Criminal Division announced. Full Article OPA Press Releases
es Presidential Task Force on Controlled Unclassified Information Releases Report and Recommendations By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 15 Dec 2009 10:31:49 EST Attorney General Holder and Secretary Janet Napolitano announced two major steps in their efforts to implement reforms to enhance information sharing among federal, state, local and tribal law enforcement agencies and safeguard sensitive information used by the government—designed to expand joint capabilities to protect the United States from terrorist activity, violent crime and other threats to the homeland. Full Article OPA Press Releases
es Los Angeles Area Tax Preparer Sentenced to Six Months in Prison for Violating Injunction By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 15 Dec 2009 13:07:00 EST James A. Mattatall of Torrance, Calif., was sentenced to six months in prison for violating a permanent injunction. Full Article OPA Press Releases
es University of Phoenix Settles False Claims Act Lawsuit for $67.5 Million By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 15 Dec 2009 13:03:29 EST University of Phoenix has agreed to pay the United States $67.5 million to resolve allegations that its student recruitment policies violated the False Claims Act. Full Article OPA Press Releases
es Former State Department Employee Sentenced for Illegally Accessing Confidential Passport Files By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 15 Dec 2009 18:15:55 EST Karal Busch, 28, of District Heights, Md., was sentenced today to 24 months of probation for illegally accessing more than 65 confidential passport application files. Full Article OPA Press Releases
es Virginia Resident Charged with Conspiring to Bribe Former Panamanian Government Officials for Maritime Contract By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 15 Dec 2009 18:26:52 EST A federal grand jury has charged a Virginia Beach, Va., resident with conspiracy to pay bribes to former Panamanian government officials to secure maritime contracts. Full Article OPA Press Releases
es Assistant Attorney General for Antitrust, Christine Varney, Issues Statement on European Commission Microsoft Settlement By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 16 Dec 2009 10:01:50 EST “The Antitrust Division commends the efforts of the European Commission and Microsoft Corporation, which have announced that they have reached a comprehensive settlement resolving their disputes under European competition law." Full Article OPA Press Releases
es Justice Department Reaches Americans with Disabilities Act Settlement with Intellitec Colleges By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 16 Dec 2009 15:35:26 EST The department announced a settlement agreement under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) with Intellitec Colleges in Colorado Springs, Grand Junction, and Pueblo, Colo., to ensure access to its technical colleges for individuals with disabilities. Full Article OPA Press Releases
es Justice Department Signs Agreement with Santa Rosa, California, to Ensure Civic Access for People with Disabilities By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 16 Dec 2009 15:39:14 EST The department announced an agreement with Santa Rosa, Calif., to improve access to all aspects of civic life for persons with disabilities. Full Article OPA Press Releases
es Credit Suisse Agrees to Forfeit $536 Million in Connection with Violations of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act and New York State Law By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 16 Dec 2009 16:13:03 EST The forfeiture is the largest ever entered against an entity for IEEPA violations. Full Article OPA Press Releases
es Former Kansas Businessman Sentenced to 57 Months in Prison for Role in Scheme to Defraud Federal E-rate Program By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 16 Dec 2009 17:51:55 EST Leonard Douglas “Doug” LaDuron also was ordered to pay $238,607 in restitution. Full Article OPA Press Releases
es Attorney General Eric Holder at a Press Conference Announcing the Credit Suisse Resolution By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 16 Dec 2009 16:15:10 EST "The U.S. financial system is built on trust and transparency. Our banks must know what payments they are processing and for whom. Credit Suisse’s decades-long scheme to flout the rules that govern our financial institutions robbed our system of the legitimacy that is fundamental to it success." Full Article Speech
es Guyanese National Charged with Smuggling Indian Nationals to the United States By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 17 Dec 2009 12:05:14 EST Annita Devi Gerald, aka Annita Rampersad, 52, was charged in a nine-count indictment returned yesterday by a federal grand jury in the Southern District of Texas. Full Article OPA Press Releases
es Three New York City Home Health Agencies Pay $9.7 Million to the United States to Settle False Claims Act Claims By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 17 Dec 2009 13:44:54 EST The United States and the state of New York have entered into settlement agreements with three home health agencies to resolve allegations that they submitted false claims to the New York Medicaid and Medicare programs. Full Article OPA Press Releases
es Texas Man Sentenced to 292 Months in Prison for Advertising and Possessing Child Pornography By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 18 Dec 2009 13:54:49 EST Mark Edwin Cairnes, 51, was sentenced today to 292 months in prison and lifetime supervised release following his prison term for advertising and possessing child pornography. Full Article OPA Press Releases
es Three Detroit-Area Residents Plead Guilty to Health Care Fraud By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 18 Dec 2009 16:28:13 EST Jackson, Mich., resident Terrence Hicks and Detroit residents Muhammed Al Mahdi and John Saunders pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in the Eastern District of Michigan this week for their roles in a $4.2 million Medicare fraud scheme. Full Article OPA Press Releases
es Roanoke, Virginia, Neo-Nazi Convicted for Threats, Witness Intimidation By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 18 Dec 2009 18:36:23 EST William A. “Bill” White, the self-proclaimed commander of the neo-Nazi group the American National Socialist Workers Party, was convicted by a federal jury for threatening three individuals and for attempting to intimidate litigants in a federal housing discrimination lawsuit. Full Article OPA Press Releases
es United States Transfers 12 Guantanamo Bay Detainees to Afghanistan, Yemen and the Somaliland Region By www.justice.gov Published On :: Sun, 20 Dec 2009 09:33:55 EST These transfers were carried out under individual arrangements between the United States and relevant foreign authorities to ensure the transfers took place under appropriate security measures. Full Article OPA Press Releases
es Duke Energy to Spend Approximately $93 Million to Resolve Clean Air Act Violations By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 22 Dec 2009 12:48:18 EST “This important settlement resolves lengthy litigation on very favorable terms,” said Ignacia S. Moreno, Assistant Attorney General for the Justice Department’s Environment and Natural Resources Division. Full Article OPA Press Releases
es Florida Man Pleads Guilty to Traveling to the Philippines for Sex Tourism By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 22 Dec 2009 15:58:14 EST Donald Mathias of Davie, Fla., pleaded guilty today to engaging in sex tourism in the Philippines. Full Article OPA Press Releases